Saturday, April 05, 2008

Motivation for Facats and possibly Fatcat Chumlies!

Top of the Satdee to you Chumlies! And a bright and warm Satdee it is too. Can this be it? Has spring sprung? I bloomin' well hope so and I haven't jinxed it my mentioning it.A peculiar week in term of exercise, too much work an not enough time to do other stuff.However, I have -in my mind anyway- started to train for the Dublin City Marathon '08. Even going as far as to NOT drink lots of delicious hooch.

Monday, Ran 10k with CG in the phoenix park, we were trying out the route for the BUPA Great run. There are two hills, one short and sharp, the other longer and slower. But we went around quite well and we had plenty in the tank at the end of it.

Tuesday -nowt, working.

Wednesday- good day, 40 pull ups with the grav at 25k counter weight, added 5 on the end at 20k. Felt the difference but nothing terrible.25k bench x 10x3Flys 6kx 10 x3 And then, a la cross fit, 8000m runs x 4 for time. 2 min rest between each run1-4mins 152- 3 mins 553- 4 mins 28 ( also thought I was going to be sick, so I slowed right down)4- 3 mins 40- this was hard but totally worth it. Next time I do this I hope to be faster.

Thursday, - Short 6k run,

Friday- One hour rowing, 12.25 kilometres. ( as an aside, to anyone trying to lose weight, rowing, -if you have access to a machine- EATS calories. If you can incorporate even 15-20 minutes of rowing into your workout it's a really good overall exercise)

18 Comments:

I thought the idea, with weight training, was to increase the reps NOT the weight, helps to condition the muscles not make them bigger. But what do I know? Good luck for tomorrrow, and don't start too near the back of the field

Thanks Sam.Don't worry Stipes, I learned my lesson the hard way last year.As for the weights, I prefer to lift more weight and less reps, I"m trying to build shape and definition, plus I want to be able to do simple things like pull ups and press ups, and god damn it, a handstand.

I've been hearing such good things about the rowing machine from everywhere lately...am I going to have to give up and go to the gym after all?

Sunday 5.3 miles! In 60 minutes flat! Wooooo!Monday, Wednesday, Thursday yoga.Tuesday, ran awful 2 miles in heavy wind. Wednesday biked 5 milesMeant to run on Thursday but biked instead to a friend's house 6 1/2 miles and didn't have the time or energy to spare for a run.Free weights on arms throughout, also lunges and pushups every time I was waiting on water to boil or the oven to preheat.

i vaguely remember my intent to work out this week... but by the time i walked into the lab on monday morning, it was a whirlwind. i'm under a big deadline, that unfortunately puts me in the lab close to 24/7. i've promised myself that once the deadline has passed (april 17th) i will be a devout gym-goer.

as for spring, i woke up to whirling winds and massive snowfall. spring is just a myth i've heard about around here.

Tomorrow I have a 2.5 hr bike ride and 30 minute run, and for the first time no break between weeks. These are my heavy weeks, but in 2 weeks Tash and I go to Mexico for 5 days, (no kids! including 2 days surfing), so I will get some rest, then the final week before I taper.

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I'm a bouncy, opinionated, messy haired marathon running (!) bibliophile. I wear high heels and have delightful ankles. I'm a devoted drinker. I want a French Bulldog puppy whom I shall call Batman and dress in capes on occasion.
I would also like a pug, whom I shall name Mister Woo. He can remain capeless, but I will make sure he wears a diamante collar at all times.
Both dogs will submit to repeated snorgling and high pitched squeals that only a dolphin would normally tolerate.
I hate Reiki/psychics/mystics/frauds with all my liver. Also, I'm firmly against Jazz and poetry/poems/pomes/ peoms or any of that stuff. I believe in the healing power of ginger.